Pine Hollow Ln, Houston: a Folding Door That Turns a Room Into a Courtyard
A multi-panel folding door across the back of a ground-floor room, photographed closed, part open and fully open. The room happens to hold a reef aquarium, which is a good test of a door that has to seal.
Project at a Glance
- Street
- Pine Hollow Ln (house number not published)
- City
- Houston, Texas
- ZIP code
- 77056
- County
- Harris County
- Job type
- Folding door onto a rear courtyard
- Our scope
- Supply and install
- Frame material
- Not confirmed, so not stated
- Photographs
- 10, taken on completion, open, closed and in between
Where this is
Pine Hollow Ln is in Houston, Texas, ZIP 77056, in Harris County, in the Galleria and Uptown part of west Houston. It is about fifteen minutes from our shop at 7248 Wynnpark Drive.
We publish the street, the city, the ZIP and the county. We do not publish the house number or the owner.
What a folding door is for
A sliding door always leaves at least one panel standing in the opening. A folding door does not: the panels hinge together and stack to one side, so almost the full width of the opening becomes open air. On this house that turns a ground-floor room and the courtyard outside it into one space when the door is open, and back into a sealed room when it is closed. The photographs go through the whole movement, from closed to stacked.
The trade-off is the stack. Folded panels need somewhere to sit, inside or outside the opening, and that space has to be planned with the furniture and the paving. It is one of the first things we check on a measure visit.
A room that has to seal
The room behind this door holds a reef aquarium, with its own lighting, pumps and a split air conditioning unit outside. A room like that wants steady temperature and humidity, which makes it a fair test of a door that has to close tight every time, not only on the day it was fitted. Hardware, weather seals and the threshold detail decide that, and so does installation. Read more on the folding doors page, or compare with lift and slide doors if you would rather keep one fixed panel and a wider pane.
10 Frames From This Job
Shot on completion, unretouched beyond color correction. Click any photo for a larger view.
Questions About This Project
Where is this project?
Pine Hollow Ln in Houston, Texas, ZIP code 77056, in Harris County. We publish the street and the ZIP but not the house number.
Folding door or sliding door: which should I choose?
Choose a folding door when you want nearly the whole opening clear and have room for the folded panels to stack. Choose a sliding or lift and slide door when you want bigger single panes and are happy for one panel to stay in the opening. We will tell you which suits your opening at the free measure.
Did Royal Windoor install this door?
Yes. We supplied and installed it with our own crew.
Do you work near the Galleria and 77056?
Yes. 77056 is about fifteen minutes from our shop. Call (832) 681-9190.
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